H. D. Williams Cooperage Co. v. Sams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Action at law by Joe Sams against the H. D. Williams Cooperage Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WIELARD, District Judge.
Sams, the defendant in error, plaintiff below, recovered a judgment for $1,500 for injury to his hand caused by its being caught in the circular saw of a barrel heading-machine operated by the defendant below, plaintiff in error here.
The defendant is a manufacturer of barrel headings. It uses for that purpose a circular saw five feet in diameter set in a heavy frame. The logs before being brought to the machine are cut into short lengths, generally 22 or 23 inches long, but sometimes 28 inches long. *853These pieces are called bolts. A bolt is set almost perpendicularly in…
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